Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
DIMIA
26 November 2001 – 27 January 2006
Previously Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1996–2001). Renamed Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs in 2006.
Department of State responsible for immigration and visas, border entry and immigration detention, citizenship, multicultural affairs and settlement, and Indigenous affairs.
Names over time
- Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs1975–1987
- Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs1987–1993
- Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs1993–1996
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs1996–2001
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs2001–2006
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs2006–2007
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship2007–2013
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection2013–2017
- Department of Home Affairs2017–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 November 2001 from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, adding Indigenous affairs, including the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, from the abolished Department of Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
- Immigration
- Multicultural affairs
- Citizenship
- Settlement services
- Merged from Department of Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs · 26 November 2001
- Indigenous affairs policy
- Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
- Portfolio oversight of ATSIC
Changes during its life
- 1 July 2004After Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services was abolished, the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination was set up in the department to coordinate whole-of-government Indigenous policy.
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs on 27 January 2006, when Indigenous affairs, including the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, moved to the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Part split off to form Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs · 27 January 2006
- Indigenous affairs policy
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination and Indigenous Coordination Centres
- Immigration
- Citizenship
- Multicultural affairs
- Settlement services
Main functions
- Migration and temporary entry programs
- Refugee and humanitarian program
- Border entry and immigration detention
- Citizenship
- Multicultural affairs and settlement services
- Indigenous affairs policy and portfolio oversight of ATSIC
Bodies in this portfolio (3)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 November 2001 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 December 2004 (sets it out)
2 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 December 2003 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 October 2004 (sets it out)
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.